Weather strip



j Dec. 16, 1930. I BOSLEY 1,785,476

' WEATHER STRIP Filed Oct. 25, 1928 Patented Dec. 16,1930

; UNITED S A-res? MAURICE E. BOSLEY, or CHICA O, ILLINOIS, Assrsivon To rrrnn; B sts? ooMrAnY,

on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; A conr'onn'rron on rnnrnors' e WEATHER em? f V Application. filed October. 25, i1a2s."' se;-1 1- no. 314,917.

.7 The object of this invention isto providea simple, efficient and'economical weatherstripping that :may be readily attached to closures, such as garage doors, and which,

when in position will afford adequate pro-' tection to the interior of the building from admission of air through the joints between the doors. V 7

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the followingdescription,

which, taken in connection with the accom- 3 'panying drawlngs, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

In the drawings: V j l Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a garage showing one application. of a Weatherstrippingconstructed in accordance 3 with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection taken through the adjacent end portion of a pair of doors showing thep mode of application of: the weatherstrippingto one of the doors; and, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the Weatherstripping. v

The illustrative Weatherstripping; has an important application to .doorslofjgarages' because of its cheapness, its ready application and its peculiar adaptability to protect the joint at the meeting edges of apair of swinging doors. "In Fig. l'ofthe drawings,

- there is shown schematically a.garage-11,the

front of which is provided with-two pairs '12 and 13, each comprising the two swinging doors 14 and 15, the free ends or vertical edges 16 and 17 ofwhich meet substantially at, the center of the respective door openings.

The opposite vertical-edges of the doorsaref connected by hinges 18, of any ordinary type,

to the door framework 19. The illustrative garage provides for each storage room a pair of doors which swing" outwardly in respect of the door opening; hence, the Weatherstrip- V ping is applied to the outer surfaces 20 and tion is not limited in its useful application to" outwardly swinging garagedoors, but is us- 21 of the adjacent free vertical edges 16 and 17 ofa pair of doors. Of course, the invenable in all situations'in which inexpensive, effective Weatherstripping maybe employed toj protect againstfdraftsjthe joints between relatively-movableclosure parts." n V The illustrative'weatherstripping is shown in detail in Figs. .2 and-13;: :ltembodies a a holder strip 22 made in any convenientlength so'as topbe-,1 capable of being out into sections;

commensurate with the dimensions of. the

parts be: protected. It is preferable to construtztitheholder 22 of a strip of wood or theiparts to. be. protectedand to iallow-suliifcient areaging juxtaposition with .one of the parts to. permit the attachment of the weatherstripping theretol lfdesi-redjfthe, vertical corners 23 of theout er'. face 24 of the holder may/be lrounded, gor beveled, to providev :ja

' for the outer surface of the holder, and

alsoftoi eliminatejsharp corners that-may effect possible; injury to the person operating the d or EhehO der Z mWbQme e Q a ordinary zdoor batten strip 0f substantially '1 greater width than itsthickness such; asjcommonly is employed for bridging the gap be tween doubl'eid'oors- Thehold astr nfl. i es d m "nally at 25 to receive a packingv 31' of felt or other suitable {material;.-.i The T606855 25 is of channel form and is so proportionedand located; that its sides 28 are located inwardly of the side edgesf29bf the holder strip 22 .a substantial/distance Ito pro'vide sturdy i side" re- I taining walls g Q. @The depth of the recess is a l w?ar ing;t erilf e the packing outwardly. of the v faces v 26: of the V wuss-a:

v 1 6 iem ffl ef nb etie W h rstripping is illustrated" in :Figs. '1' and 2.; I As showmlthe; Weatherstripping}is] cut: into a n th o r ei n llswit i i l g p 2 doors to" be protected; jltis fthen positioned "s 1 as to"; bridge the j oint3 2fbetween the pair of doorsl5and isthen applied to one of the 'doors" by the use'ofnailsf or screws 33 by whichitis secured; at intervals, for example tothe outer' facc21o'f; adoor 15. So a plied,

.the insulating packing ljenga'ges and is compressed against Vb0th-idoors'14 and'15 v adja cent Ltlieiredges 16 and'l-T at the ;j oint 32a'nd and said packing being compressible against the outer surfaces of the doors to make a weatherproof joint between said doors upon closing thereof;

- MAURICE E. BOSLEY.

made in theforni,constru'ctionand arrange;v

ment of the parts with'out'departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing 7 all of its material-advantages, the form hereinheforedescribed being merely apreferred embodiment thereof. Moreover, it is not indispensable that all features} of the invention I 17 be used conjo'intly, as they maybe'advanta geously employed inf'varioussub-combinations' and other combinations.

"Ic'laim: Y by I 1. Thecombina'tion with a pair'ofi double doors having adjacent free edges," of a Weatherstripping therefor, including, a door batten strip applied to one of the doorsand having recess let into its inner-surface facing said doors,- and an insulating packingretained inthe recess ofsaid strip and extend 1 1 in'gacro'ssthe gap between said doors and in engagement with'the door surfaces adjacent 2. The; combination with relatively' inovf. 1- able {closure parts, of "a vWeatherstri ppii'igr therefor, including a holdery strip secured'to the-movable closure part a dj'acent thfree L edge thereof and having; a recess located at itsinner surface'facingtheiinovable; part','and

an insulating a kin retained in saidre'cess T i with its inner face projecting beyond thej in nerface -of the holder strip and compressible against the surfaces of the relatively movable parts adjacent the joint to: close' js'aid joint Whenthe parts are relatively closed posi- 3. The manates tan-a 'i' airof re'lai f res tively movable parts of th ec aract'er de-I, J I scribed, of a weatherstriptherefor, including i I and bridging the joint therebetween, "said holder strip supporting an insulating packf- 2 ing fwhichfilikewise" bridges said oint and engages the contiguous surfaces of therela tively movable parts in the region of the joint a holderstrip securedto oneof-the saidjparts I to close thejointtwhensaidfpartsare inrelatively closed .position;

,4; The combination witha pair of g ing doors having adjacent ireeedgesfof a Y weatherstrip .eo prising" a holder "strip *Secured adjacent the freeedgeof one-of said doors and having a recess located in its surface adj acerit said doors, and a resilient-packing retained in said recesswith its inner sur- 7 1 face projectingoutside of the recess,q said holder;;strip,isaid"recess,. and said packing v belng.,iarraxiged-to bridgelbetween saidTdoors, I 

